Metallic fence



H MARSH Metallic Fence.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I HENRY MARSH, OF NEW MILFORD, CONNECTICUT.

METALLIC FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,153, dated March 2,1880.

Application filed January 2, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY MARSH, of New Milford, county of Litchfleld,State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Metallic Fences,of which the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in metallic fences, and has forits object such a construction of the separate pickets or verticalpanels that they maybe quickly applied and their position with relationto grade insured in a simple and eflicient manner.

In some metal fences, as heretofore constructed, two wrought-metal barbsor prongs for each rail of the fence have been connected by casting withthe cast-metal pickets, so as to extend across the said rails at bottomand top, and to be bentor clinched over upon their backs, and the backsof the said pickets have been grooved or notched to receive the fencerails.

In this my improved fence I have provided each cast-metal picketwith tworearwardlyprojecting rests, adapted to bear upon the upper surfaces ofthe bottom and top rails of the fence; and forming part of the saidrest, and cast therein, are wrought-metal prongs, one for each rail.

Figure 1 represents a rear-side view of a section of metal'fenceconstructed in accordancewith my invention, Fig. 2, a section thereof onthe line on m.

In the said drawings, a. a represent the posts, I) c the bottom and toprails, and d the castmetal pickets, they being of any suitableconfiguration or design. Projecting rearwardly from each of the saidpickets, and forming an integral part thereof, are rests e, which, whenthe rear fiat sides of the pickets are pressed against the front sidesof the bottom and top bars, I) a, rest upon the said bars, as shownclearly in Fig. 2, supporting the pickets at exactly the proper grad e.Cast or otherwise secured with the said rearwardly projecting rests eare wrought-metal prongs f, which are bent about the bottom and toprails, as shown.

In this my invention all fitting of the rails within notches in thepickets and the forma tion of such notches are avoided, and I am enabledto do with two prongs for each picket.

I do not broadly claim a wrought metal prong on a cast-metal picket.

The pron g located at the center of the picket, when closed upon therail, draws the picket close to the rail, even though the latter iscurved.

I claim- In a fence, a metallic picket provided withrearWardly-projecting rests 6, adapted to rest upon the upper and lowerrails of the fence,- combined with a wron ght-metalpron g for each rest,the prong being adapted to be clinched about the said bottom and toprails, substan tially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificationlin thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY MARSH.

Witnesses:

HIRAM B. NOBLE, JOHN S. TUNILL.

